Ep.29: 0xDesigner, Web3 Design, Everything Apps, WorldPVP, The State of Ethereum
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 01:46 Intro - Welcome back! It’s episode 29 of Internet Explorers and today we’ve got 0xDesigner on the show for his first ever recorded interview 06:05 Let’s bring 0xDesigner up for a long overdue appearance on the show, and after being at FarCon he’s decided to dox his voice today, which we’re excited about 08:47 Reflecting on the process of putting out a design every day for nearly the last 500 days as the milestone is approaching in June 2024 11:22 There are two different confounding factors when it comes to looking at the state of UX in crypto today 14:18 Part of the problem with crypto is that we’re always circling around one meta at a time like ants around a speaker listening to Thunderstruck 17:00 Interoperability is the most interesting thing crypto does from a product experience standpoint 19:03 A legendary designer named Don Norman, who coined the phrase User Experience, came up with 3 levels of design - visceral, behavioral and reflective 23:17 We see strong brand identity at the chain level - spending your time on Solana means one thing vs spending your time on Ethereum 27:20 Looking at Zora’s brand and identity as a case study for appealing to creatives and non-crypto communities 30:57 0xDesigner wants to hear Jess’s updated take on ‘everything apps’ vs ‘bundled apps’ before he shares his own thoughts 34:08 Continued discussion on bundled apps and the thought that everything we’re doing right now in crypto works better when bundled together 39:04 Summing up our discussion, a special thank you to 0xDesigner for joining us, we want to bring him back on the show again soon 40:50 Another edition of WTFIPDOC - we look at Roam - an onchain social browser, a text based game where you start with no arms and legs, and Sound Capsules by @sweetman 48:49 Jumping ahead to talk about WorldPVP a new game built on the memecoin meta where theres a token for each country and they battle each other for victory 54:47 Next up, Delphi released a new report essentially running through the state of attention markets in Web2 with ads and now in Web3 with tokens and memecoins 59:40 Briefly touching on the state of Ethereum as a community and as a brand and addressing recent criticism of its future and becoming less cool 01:01:34 We have time for one lightning round and it’s Peace reading a ridiculous tweet by @cryptocred aloud for our enjoyment 01:02:53 Thanks again to @0xDesigner for joining us and to everyone that tuned in, we’ll be back next Friday 11AM PST / 1PM EST, until then we’ll see ya onchain Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.28: Zora acquires Mint.Fun, $FRIEND, Blast szn, Farcaster Incentives
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM EST live.seedclub.xyz 00:23 Intro - Welcome back, it’s episode 28 of Internet Explorers, thanks for those who joined us IRL last week 03:23 Let’s bring Worm Emoji up to the stage to talk about Mint.Fun, Rug.Fun, Context and more 04:40 Worm gives an overview of his journey into crypto and creating Context - the first Web3 social feed 07:51 What did you learn from growing these products and ultimately selling them to bigger companies 14:43 Rug.Fun is all over the timeline, make sure to go claim your airdrop if you haven’t already 17:23 Experimenting with how you can change the way people think about memecoins 21:39 Productizing memecoin consensus building and the big opportunity with becoming the shilling point 25:22 Building chat features into the products your building as a growth mechanism 30:10 Another edition of WTFIPDOC - WTF is Peace doing on-chain - a follow up on Runemilio 37:51 Some new Farcaster incentives coming out of FarCon and the call for more clients 43:21 The inevitability of this being a consumer cycle in crypto and 3 new products that broke into the top 15 49:16 A segue into another consumer product - Friend.Tech and an update on their token launch 54:14 It’s obvious Blast is putting a lot into promoting projects and tokens and NFTs on their network 57:39 Tremp token and the political attention thesis playing out in real time, plus Trump’s take on NFTs 59:01 That’s it for this week, thanks for tuning in, we’ll see you next week at 10am PST / 1pm EST. Enjoy! Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep 58 - Boombox
Ep 58 - Boombox We’re joined by the co-founders of Boombox - a new app to share your favorite artists and earn BOOM when fans add them too. Now live at app.boombox.fm!
Ep.27: LIVE FROM FARCON/FREE WIFI ft. Dan Romero, Paragraph acquires Mirror, Titles
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 1PM PST live.seedclub.xyz Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
#169 - NICK TOMAINO
Nick is the Founder and General Partner at 1confirmation, a cryptocurrency focused investment firm. After raising its first $26M fund in 2017, 1confirmation now has over $1 billion in assets under management. The firm's early-stage investments include OpenSea, Farcaster, Worldcoin, Polkadot, Cosmos, Polymarket, dYdX, Degen, and others alike. Prior to starting 1confirmation, Nick was a Principal at Runa Capital and worked in business development in the early days at Coinbase. Follow Nick on X @NTmoney and on Warpcast @nick. For more episodes, go to podofjake.com. Previous guests include Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Balaji Srinivasan, Keith Rabois, Ali Spagnola, Anthony Pompliano, Raoul Pal, Julia Galef, Jack Butcher, Tim Draper, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like OpenAI, Coinbase, Solana, Polygon, AngelList, Oura, and Replit, and investors from Founders Fund, a16z, Union Square Ventures, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to Chase Devens for the show notes and Yiction for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at jake@blogofjake.com. Thank you!
Ep.23: Degen Chain, Syndicate, Orb on Lens, $ENJOY tipping, L3s, Gas tokens
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz 04:34 Let’s move into the L3 conversation, welcome to Jacek and Will from Degen Chain 06:18 Syndicate - the frame chain 12:34 There are tons of experimental ideas for tokens already playing out as L3 applications 17:58 Tipping was very unpopular when it first launched, now its social distribution for tokens 21:25 How they decided to use Degen as a gas token 25:43 Next let’s bring Nilesh from Orb 30:15 Creating a different category for users and thinking of them as curators instead 33:07 Rebranding communities as a feature in the app to ‘Clubs’ that have superpowers 36:30 You can now mint directly within the Orb app, just swipe and that’s it, you’re done 37:09 Building for mobile wallet users and the many who prefer not to use mobile wallets 42:23 Typical ways to launch coins vs how $ENJOY was launched and how tipping works 45:05 Quick recap of all the things we’ve seen pop up for Enjoy - ads, an anthem is coming, etc 54:04 Josh was actually first to launch the Costco Hot Dog memecoin on pump.fun 56:28 This is just funny, there’s an AI token generator? Might be a top signal 58:10 We’re going to be doing a ton of fun stuff at Farcaster in LA coming up in May, stay tuned Hosts: Jess Sloss & Josh Cornelius Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass None of this is financial or tax advice.
Ep.17: Consumer Infra Wars, Community Stake, Crypto x AI, SC07
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. We'll explore... 03:05 - Community Stake 19:35 - SC07 Applications 39:35 - Pitch Tips 47:32 - Consumer Infra Wars 53:28 - Crypto x AI 57:18 - Lightning Round Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz
S7 E2 | BITCOIN ETFS & AVOIDING SCAMS W/BIRB
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Birb aka Chairman Birb Bernanke aka bonecondor on Twitter all about the new Bitcoin ETF and best security practices in crypto. Birb started her career in TradFi and was a product manager for a number of years before joining OtterSec, a blockchain security audits company. We start out by talking about the Bitcoin ETF, and Birb patiently answers a lot of my very basic questions, like what is an ETF and how is it different from index funds, before we move into more interesting questions like is this a good move for the crypto industry overall and what does this tell us about how the SEC will be treating crypto companies in 2024. After we figure out what a Bitcoin ETF is, we get into a discussion about security best practices for DeFi protocols and other companies building onchain. Birb shares her best pieces of advice for organizations and for end users to avoid scams and hacks and gives us an inside look into what really goes on behind the scenes of some of these hacks.
S7 E1 | How to Not Get Rekt in Crypto w/DeFi Beats
On our first episode of Season 7, we’re speaking with DeFi Beats aka Johnny Gabriele about how to not get rekt in crypto, why WAGMI is not dead, and his best pieces of advice for newcomers to the crypto and blockchain space. DeFi Beats is an advisor, investor, DeFi power user, good listener, and self admittedly terrible speller. He initially had his sights set on getting his PhD and becoming a professor, but when that plan fell through, he found himself in a unique job as part management consultant, part podcaster, and part therapist where he helped numerous people find solutions to problems they were facing across a wide spectrum of areas - from air conditioning to figure skating to life threatening medical conditions. Today, he has rechanneled his eagerness to help into helping onboard people to the blockchain space and saving people from getting rekt by their inner degenerate. He’s currently building out an AI chatbot called The Crypto Professor that’s designed to help newcomers learn about crypto and stay safe while exploring the space.
S7 E3 | God Tech, Money Tech, and Onchain AI w/Gabriel (Mochi)
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Gabriel, founder of Mochi, a coordination game for autonomous worlds. AI and blockchain are two buzzwords anyone operating remotely adjacent to the tech space has heard a lot of in recent years, but we haven’t heard much of the two concepts operating together. Gabriel believes there’s actually a strong case for AI and blockchain to operate together, and in this episode he shares why he believes blockchain and crypto can have a strong impact on AI and provides a plethora of fascinating examples and future use cases for the two to interoperate. We then get into a discussion about autonomous worlds - how Gabriel defines them, what they unlock, and why they might be the next evolution of DAOs.
S7 E4 | Building, Investing, and Finding Ikigai in Crypto w/13yearoldvc
On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with 13yearoldvc, Ecosystem Lead at Eigenlayer, about how she studied 50 projects a day to identify trends as a VC, why she now enjoys building more than investing, and what it is about Eigenlayer that she believes makes it a really special one of a kind project.
Ambire DeFi Bull Camp - Episode II - GMX
In this episode of Web3 on Fire, Rob interviews Jonezee from GMX, a decentralized trading platform. Jonezee shares his background and how he came to contribute to GMX. They discuss the features and functionalities of GMX, including the ability to swap and trade with leverage on-chain. They also talk about the token model and the importance of the GMX community. Jonezee highlights the launch of GMX V2, which introduced isolated asset pools and improved order execution. The episode concludes with a discussion on the partnership between GMX and Ambire Wallet and an invitation to participate in a contest on GMX.
Ep 44 - Daniel Allan
Daniel joins us as our first returning guest to talk about his hit song "I Just Need" with Lyrah and going viral on Instagram. Don't miss his first tour coming to Denver, LA and NYC next month! Tickets - danielallan.xyz/collectors
Ep.13: $Degen, Farcaster, Points, CryptoTheGame, Artizen, Why Mint?
A weekly rundown show where extremely online individuals broadly explore (romanticize, even) new consumer internet experiences. We'll explore... Artizen's season 3 of funding creativity Crypto The Game launching next week The rise of $degen on Farcaster Fred Wilson and Dee Goens posts on "Why Mint" @katiewav's and @strangechances's post on points @NFPgarden storing NFTs in plants @pumpdotfun simplifying memecoin creation Join us live and online on Fridays @ 10AM PST live.seedclub.xyz Hosts: Josh Cornelius & Jess Sloss Web VJ: Peacenode Production: Cheryl Douglass Development: David Hurley Operations: Merna Makar
Exploring Consumer Crypto with SC06
A look at the people and products in SC06, Seed Club’s Consumer Crypto Accelerator
Ep 27 - San Holo
We're joined by San Holo to talk about his new album - EXISTENTIAL DANCE MUSIC. We cover his background, how he thinks about making music and his aspirations as a prominent electronic artist. This is also our first podcast minted natively on Optimism!
